The Opening Tip • Duke defeated No. 15 seed Albany 73-61 in the NCAA second round to advance to the third-round matchup against No. 7 seed Creighton. • Duke received the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region and is playing in its 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament. • Duke is 24-8 when playing as a No. 2 seed in the tournament. The Blue Devils are 11-3 when playing in the Midwest Region. • Duke is 8-1 against No. 7 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. • The Blue Devils are ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll and No. 7 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Duke is 3-0 this season and 75-24 overall when ranked No. 6 in the country. • The Blue Devils have been ranked in the AP top 10 for 113 consecutive weeks. Duke is playing its 208th straight game as a top-10 team and is 173-34 in that span. The Last Time Out • Seth Curry scored 26 points, and Mason Plumlee added 23 to lead No. 2 seed Duke past No. 15 seed Albany, 73-61, in the Midwest Region second round matchup at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa. • Curry and Plumlee combined to shoot 19-of-25 (.760) from the field with Curry sinking 10-of-14 shots and Plumlee finishing 9-of-11. Plumlee’s .818 shooting percentage from the floor was the third-highest by a Duke player in NCAA history. • Point guard Quinn Cook dished out 11 assists against the Great Danes for his third double-digit assist game of the season. Cook committed just one turnover in 36 minutes on the floor, good for his third-highest assist-to-turnover ratio on the season. • Duke logged nine steals with four players recording multiple steals.

Numbers Game • With an all-time record of 1,999-839, Duke is just one win shy of becoming the fourth program in NCAA history to reach 2,000 wins. • The Blue Devils are 7-1 on neutral courts this season. Duke has defeated No. 3 Kentucky, No. 2 Louisville, Minnesota, VCU and Davidson on neutral courts this season. Duke’s lone neutral site loss this season came against Maryland in the ACC Tournament. • Duke was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll of the 2012-13 season. The senior trio of Seth Curry, Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee spent their entire careers ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll (77 weeks). • In the two previous seasons that Duke has played NCAA Tournament games in Philadelphia, Pa., the Blue Devils won national championships. Duke won the regional semifinals and finals in Philadelphia in the 1992 and 2001 tournaments. • Ranked No. 2 nationally in points per game, Creighton’s Doug McDermott will be the fifth player in the NCAA top 25 in scoring that Duke has faced this season. Duke has also faced Virginia Tech’s Erick Green twice (No. 1), Temple’s Khalif Wyatt (No. 14), Delaware’s Devon Saddler (No. 17) and Ohio State’s DeShaun Thomas (No. 22). Duke won all five of those games and held all but Saddler under their season scoring average. • Duke is 22-1 on the season when shooting better than 45.0 percent from the field. The Blue Devils are 18-0 when shooting 40.0 percent or better from three-point range. • Duke is 14-0 against non-conference teams this season. Under head Coach K, Duke is 476-73 (.867) against non-conference teams. • Duke is 19-1 with Ryan Kelly in the lineup this season, including a 4-0 mark against top-five teams. Kelly is among the winningest players at Duke, posting a 109-14 (.886) record to rank third on Duke’s all-time winning percentage list. • Mason Plumlee is four blocked shots shy of becoming the second player in ACC history to register 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 200 assists, 200 blocks and 100 steals in a career. • Seth Curry has hit a three-pointer in 15 consecutive games and is averaging 18.9 points per game while shooting .439 (43-of-98) from three-point range during that span. Curry has multiple treys in 13 of his last 15 games.

Duke in the NCAA Tournament • Duke is 97-32 (.750) all-time in the NCAA Tournament over 37 total appearances. • Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is 80-24 in the NCAA Tournament and has the most NCAA Tournament wins in Division I history. • Duke has played in the national championship game 10 times, including eight under Coach K. • Duke is 12-2 against the 2013 NCAA Tournament field. • Duke has received a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in 15 of the past 17 seasons, the most of any school during that span. • Duke is 24-8 (.750) as the No. 2 seed in the tournament. Duke is 11-3 (.786) out of the Midwest Region. • Duke is 5-0 when playing NCAA Tournament games in Philadelphia, Pa. Duke played in Philadelphia during the 1992 and 2001 NCAA Championship seasons.

Duke Versus Creighton • Duke has never faced Creighton in its 108 years of basketball. • Duke is 7-2 all-time against teams in the Missouri Valley Conference.